人迹罕至

人跡罕至
rénjìhǎnzhì
idiom #37,824

Meanings

  1. 1 seldom visited by people
  2. 2 off the beaten track
  3. 3 remote and untrodden

Examples

Zhège shāngǔ rén jì hǎn zhì, fēngjǐng yuánshǐ.
This valley is seldom visited — the scenery is pristine.
Tànxiǎn duì shēnrù rén jì hǎn zhì de yǔlín.
The expedition pushed deep into the untrodden rainforest.
Zhè tiáo gǔdào rén jì hǎn zhì, jīhū bèi yíwàng.
This ancient road is rarely traveled and all but forgotten.

Tips

memory
= human footprints, = rare, = arrive. Literally 'human footprints rarely arrive' — somewhere so remote that feet don't reach.
usage
Often evokes a romantic or positive sense of untouched wilderness — used in travel writing, nature descriptions, and adventure narratives. Compare 荒无人烟 (more negative, truly desolate).

Stroke Order

rén
hǎn
zhì